Disused caravan fire suspected to have been caused deliberately
A blaze which saw plumes of smoke billow over Tipton is suspected to have been caused deliberately.
The fire blazed on Thursday at around 3.30pm at a site near Tipton Green Junior School on Manor Road.
It saw a disused caravan and scaffolding boards catch fire, grabbing the attention of school children on their way home.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "Just after 3.30pm on Thursday, May 5, we were called to a fire on Manor Road, Tipton.
"One fire engine and a brigade response vehicle attended, crewed by firefighters from Tipton and Dudley fire stations - the first arrived in under four minutes.
"This incident involved a derelict caravan well alight on a waste site. A hose reel was used to extinguish the fire.
"West Midlands Police were in attendance, as the fire was suspected to have been caused deliberately."
Footage was shared by @MissDFreeman at around 3.47pm when a fire engine can be seen arriving with children watching on.
Demi-leigh Freeman, who saw the fire, said: "I was driving home and saw some thick black smoke not too far from my home and I got to Manor Road, junction of Hill Street.
"There seems to be a derelict site there and the smoke was coming from there.
"Police were taking statements from some local high school children."
